That, in essence, was the response Rashad Jennings made Friday afternoon when he was asked about the Giants’ struggling running game. He has to be better — not the patchwork offensive line, not quarterback Eli Manning and the wide receivers, but him.

“I got to make more plays,” Jennings said. “I put the onus on the backfield. The offensive linemen, when they get body on body, running backs got to dig out hard yards and move the chains. I take the responsibility for that and what I need to do is play consistent, keep my eyes on my keys, keep my feet moving.”

Asked specifically what he needs to do better, Jennings said: Get more yards. That simple.”

The holes have been there, Jennings adamantly said, and he hasn’t produced.

In two games, Jennings has 104 yards on 34 carries, good for 3.2 yards per carry, 1.3 yards fewer than he averaged for the Raiders last season. The Giants brought Jennings in during the offseason and gave the 29-year-old back a four-year $10 million deal to boost their ground game. Instead, he has hardly been an improvement over last year’s top back, Andre Brown.

“This week, I got to do my job,” Jennings said.

Furthermore, Jennings committed the biggest blunder in a game of full miscues last Sunday, coughing up the ball with the Giants down just eight points and driving deep into Cardinals territory.

The ball wasn’t dislodged by an opponent’s crushing hit; he tripped after catching a short pass from Manning and the ball slipped loose as he hit the ground at the Arizona 15-yard-line, sealing a 25-14 loss at MetLife Stadium.

“Out of one thousand times, it won’t happen again,” Jennings said. “Just like life, mistakes happen. You learn from it. You see what you could have done differently and you make strides that it doesn’t happen again. It was a costly mistake of where we were.”

Jennings said while he has tried to put the fumble behind him and focus on Sunday’s matchup with the Texans, he hasn’t been able to forget the costly mistake. It’s still on his mind.

“I am still thinking about it, now that you brought it back up,” Jennings said. “I am re-living it. It is frustrating. I wish I could rewind the tape, but I can’t. Fortunately, I have another opportunity coming this Sunday.”

His teammates expect to see his best against the Texans, and haven’t lost confidence in their high-priced new teammate.

“It’s a unit, it’s all 11 guys. He may take the blame, because that’s the type of guy he is,” offensive tackle Justin Pugh said. “We call can do a better job, we can all finish better and I think that will open up the running game. Things happen, you make mistakes. It’s how you bounce back from them. He’s going to have a big game this weekend.”

Jennings said he isn’t necessarily extra motivated for Sunday. He’s always excited on game days, whether he is coming off a big performance or a poor effort. Jennings’ sole focus is getting a win against the Texans, and he believes, at least offensively, it starts with him.

“As a running back, it doesn’t matter if a hole is there, it doesn’t matter if it is the biggest one in the world,” he said. “Your job is to move the chains, period. The run game, I think the responsibility when it is not productive should go to the running backs, and when it is productive should to go to everybody else.